A Reference Grammar of Masbatenyo

Masbatenyo (also called Masbateño or Minasbate; ISO 639-3 identifier msb) refers to the people as well as the language spoken in the island province of Masbate in Bicol Region, the Philippines. It is spoken by over 890,000 people residing in its three major islands: the Masbate Island, Ticao Island, and Burias Island (PSA, 2016). Ethnologue (2021) classifies Masbatenyo as Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippines, Central Philippines, Bisayan, Central, Peripheral. It also rates Masbatenyös language status as 3 (Wider communication) based on EGIDS or Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale, which means that it is a language used for wider communication at various domains such as home, work, and market. This book offers 18 chapters covering Masbatenyo's phonological, morphological, and syntactic properties. Chapters include phonology, morphology, clause types, nominal marking system, pronominals, nominals, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, numbers, existentials, connectors, interrogativity, negation, and syntactic processes of Masbatenyo.